Are you a Zimbabwean living in South Africa on a ZSP ?
If you are a Zimbabwean National currently in South Africa on a valid Zimbabwean Special Permit (ZSP) and you qualify for one of the mainstream Temporary Residence Visas (Study, Work Relative, Etc.), you may apply for a change of status from within South Africa between 2 October 2017 and 30 November 2017.
For a quotation to assist, please contact Tracy on 083 650 5269 or via Tracy@relocationafrica.com.
Relocation Africa Group announces that its Director, René Stegmann, has been accredited as a Mobility Specialist, which is part of the South African Reward Association’s (SARA’s) Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Program.
To ensure that SARA members remain relevant in their field, SARA launched their SAQA-approved International Mobility Designations, designed to accredit those in the field of reward and mobility. The aim, through an accreditation process, is to uphold a level of knowledge associated with the accredited designation.
There are three different International Mobility professional designations that can be achieved within the profession:
1. Mobility Practitioner;
2. Mobility Specialist; and
3. Master Mobility Specialist.
The CPD requirements for each designation are similar in terms of an allocated number of points that need to be achieved over a three-year period (measured in calendar years). However, inherent requirements will be different based on the level of competence that the member would have achieved through accreditation, and is expected to uphold through continued professional development.
If you are in the field of reward and deal with International Mobility and Expatriates, the designations are a valuable accreditation to ensure that we remain relevant within our industry. For more information, contact Debbie Lane-Mitchell on wlane@mweb.co.za, or visit the SARA website at http://www.sara.co.za/PROFESSIONALISATION/ProfessionalMembers.aspx.
NEW ZIMBABWEAN EXEMPTION PERMIT (ZEP)
Are you a Zimbabwean citizen living in South Africa?
A four-year non-renewable permit regime for Zimbabweans based in South Africa, under the dispensation termed Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP)
Conditions for the ZEP:
Entitles the holder to work, study and, or to conduct business.
Does not entitle the holder the right to apply for permanent residence, irrespective of the period of stay in SA.
It is not renewable or extendable.
Implementation of ZEP is as follows:
The new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) project will begin on 15 September 2017.
According to the VFS Operation Centre, they are working on the online application process. We therefore recommend that you attempt to complete your online application form on Monday, 18 September 2017.
For a service fee of R1000,00 + 14% vat, Relocation Africa will assist you with completing the online application form, scheduling an appointment, and ensuring that the required documentation is correct.
If you require advice or assistance with the application process, please contact Tracy on +27 21 763 4240 or via tracy@relocationafrica.com.
Johannesburg – Children born in SA to foreign parents are entitled to apply for citizenship, the Western Cape High Court ruled on Thursday, the Legal Resources Centre said.
“The LRC are pleased with the judgment which affirms the rights of our clients to be treated with dignity and not to be rendered non-citizens through the wrongful interpretation of statutes,” said LRC spokesperson Claire Martens in a statement.
Martens said the ruling applied even if the children were born before the 2010 Amendment, which came into effect in 2013.
She said the applicants, represented by the LRC, were all born in SA to foreign parents before 2013 and majority of them were now over 18.
“They meet the requirements for applying for citizenship in terms of section 4(3) of the Citizenship Act, in that they were born in South Africa and have lived here since their births, and they have birth certificates attesting to their birth in South Africa,” she said.
‘Vulnerable to hostilities’
Martens said the department of home affairs had refused to consider their applications for citizenship.
“The LRC approached the High Court on behalf of the applicants, arguing that the refusal to consider the applications for citizenship is prejudicial to our clients in a real way, having not only practical implications but also infringing on constitutional entitlements.
“But not allowing them citizenship, the department is consigning them, unlawfully, to remain as non-citizens in the country that they have lived in since birth and is the only country they know.”
Martens said the non-citizen status also rendered the applicants “vulnerable to hostilities” directed at them.
She said judgment agreed that there were constitutional entitlements at stake, including the right to dignity.
“It further states that the applicants have a statutory right to apply for citizenship and the respondents cannot limit or interfere with this right by contending that no prejudice flows.”
While the court did not direct the department to provide the applicants with citizenship, Martens said it directed the department to accept the applications for citizenship from the applicants and make a decision on the applications within 10 days.
“The court also directed that the Amendment Act must be interpreted to include children born before 2013,” said Martens.
For an application of citizenship, please contact marketing@relocationafrica.com or call our head office on +27217634240.